Gifted One wrote:
http://www.picturecorrect.com/tips/are-you-making-these-10-common-street-photography-mistakes/
I thought that this is a very good article.
J. R.
I was a bit surprised by that article, as I didn't have high expectations when I clicked on it. All too often that type of article comes from someone who perhaps just doesn't have a good understanding of what Street Photography is, and instead of "mistakes" what they talk about are style issues, where their style is right and other styles are not.
But instead, that is a very good article written by a fellow that does understand Street Photography! I enjoyed reading it.
I think for me that an image needs to tell a story in a clear way. That clear way my show chaotic action inside the frame or a simple statement. It maybe extemporaneous or look stated which it maybe. J. R.
Apaflo wrote:
All too often that type of article comes from someone who perhaps just doesn't have a good understanding of what Street Photography is, and instead of "mistakes" what they talk about are style issues, where their style is right and other styles are not.
But instead, that is a very good article written by a fellow that does understand Street Photography! I enjoyed reading it.
Being the curmudgeon & skeptic that I am, I was reminded of an old saying: "There are good girls and bad girls... and the
'good' girls determine who's who."
The thing that strikes me about all the rules, definitions, and opinions in the various books, videos, and publications that I peruse is that
whatever the experts tell us to never, NEVER do...
they go right out to do exactly that themselves and explain why they broke their iron-clad rule about what constitutes 'good' such-&-such-kind of photography.Yes, I understand about "rules are made to be broken" and that "textbook examples" are meant as a starting place. I took the entire article with a smidgen of salt.
In my view, doing street photography involves taking pictures of interesting subjects in relation to the urbanized environment.
The word "street" here certainly suggests this context, and by inclusion means subjects photographed in it or incidental to it.
For my part, I prefer a definition of street photography which offers a functional description of this activity, as opposed to an intellectualized or a conceptual approach to it.
Gifted One wrote:
http://www.picturecorrect.com/tips/are-you-making-these-10-common-street-photography-mistakes/
I thought that this is a very good article.
J. R.
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